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Sheriff Robert A. Nolan
The Sheriff is the highest and only Law Enforcement Official elected by the people.
Bob Nolan has served the Cape May County Sheriff’s Office for over 33 years, the last 7 years as Undersheriff.
Bob began his career in law enforcement with the Cape May County Sheriff’s Office in 1984 as a corrections officer. After graduating from the Cape May County Police Academy in 1987, he worked his way to Chief Sheriff’s Officer and in 2010 became the Undersheriff, overseeing the law enforcement division as well as managing and participating in all civil functions of the Sheriff’s Office. Bob is focused on eliminating illegal narcotics and has played a major role in developing bomb and drug-sniffing K-9 Unit teams.
During his time working in the Sheriff’s Office, he pursued degrees from Atlantic Cape Community College (majoring in Criminal Justice), Stockton University (majoring in Social and Behavioral Sciences), Farleigh Dickinson University (Certified Public Manager), and the West Point Command and Leadership Program (Certificate of Graduation, Leadership Theories and Quality of Command).
Bob dedicates much of his free time to his community, including serving as the Lower Township Board of Fire Commissions president. He has contributed his time and talents on Lower Township City Council as the deputy mayor while also representing Council on the Planning and Environmental Boards. Bob is currently a member of the New Jersey Sheriff’s Association, the International Association of Chiefs of Police, the Town Bank Volunteer Fire Company and the Union League of Cape May County.
Bob resides in North Cape May with his wife, Michelle. They have been married for 38 years and together have three children and five grandchildren.
Contact the Sheriff at sheriff@cmcsheriff.net
The Sheriff's of Cape May County
On February 7, 1692, at the home of Benjamin Godfrey, the first town meeting was held for the purpose of conducting public business. Timothy Brandereth officially became Cape May County's first Sheriff at that meeting. As of 2018, there have been a total of 100 Sheriff's to date, some of which served multiple 3 year terms for 109 total terms.
1692 --Timothy Brandereth 1695--John Townsend 1697--Ezekiel Eldredge 1700--Edmund Howell 1701--Caesar Hoskins 1704--John Taylor 1711--Humphrey Hughes 1711--John Townsend 1714--Richard Downs 1715--Robert Townsend 1721--Richard Downs 1722--Henry Young 1723--Richard Downs 1740--Constant Hughes 1744--Jacob Hughes 1748--Jeremiah Hand 1751--Thomas Smith 1754--John Shaw 1757--Jeremiah Hand 1760--Ebenezer Johnson 1762--Henry Hand 1765--Sylvanus Townsend 1768--Daniel Hand 1771--Eli Eldredge 1772--Jonathan Jenkins 1774--Henry Y. Townsend |
1777--Isaiah Stites 1780--Richard Townsend 1781--Nathaniel Hand 1782--Daniel Garretson 1783--Jonathan Hildreth 1784--Benjamin Taylor 1787--Philip Hand 1788--Henry Stites 1791--Eleazer Hand 1796--Jacob Godfrey 1791--Jeremiah Hand 1798--Jonathan Leaming 1801--Thomas H. Hughes 1804--Joseph Hildreth 1807--Cresse Townsend 1808--Jacob Hughes 1809--Joshua Swain 1812--Aaron Leaming 1815--Spicer Hughes 1818--David Townsend 1821--Spicer Hughes 1824--Swain Townsend 1827--Thomas P. Hughes 1830--Richard Thompson 1833--Ludlam Pierson 1834--Joshua Swain, Jr. |
1835--Ludlam Pierson 1835--Samuel Matthews 1838--Samuel Springer 1841--Thomas Vangilder 1844--Enoch Edmunds 1847--Peter Souder 1850--Thomas Hewitt, Jr. 1853--Elva Corson 1856--William S. Hooper 1859--Richard D. Edmunds 1862--Aaron Miller 1865--John Wilson 1868--Anthony Steelman 1871--Nelson T. Eldredge 1874--Albert Adams 1878--William H. Benezet 1881--Remington Corson 1884--William H. Benezet 1886--Stillwell H.Townsend 1886--James Shoemaker, Jr. 1889--Charles E. Nichols 1892--Robert E. Hand 1895--Andrew J. Tomlin 1898--John W. Reeves 1901--Samuel E. Ewing 1904--William H. Bright |
1907--Robert R. Corson 1910--Frederick J. Melvin 1913--Coleman T. Corson 1916--Robert S. Miller 1919--Mead Tomlin 1922--George A. Redding 1925--James T. Hoffman 1928--Forrest Maylan Rich 1931--William B. Powell 1934--Paul M. Scull 1937--William B. Powell 1940--F. Mulford Stevens 1943--Norman S. Taylor 1946--Egbert J. Wood 1949--Norman S. Taylor 1960--A. Huppert Heil 1969--Beech N. Fox 1985--James T. Plousis 2002--Raymond D. Lewis 2002-- John F. Callinan 2009--Gary G. Schaffer 2018-- Robert A. Nolan |
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